Japanese Rock-Paper-Scissors Robot Never Loses Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a robotic hand that never loses a hand of the familiar choosing game rock-paper-scissors, or "janken," ...

If rock beats scissors, scissors beat paper, and paper beats rock, then what beats robot? NOTHING. No, really — a team of Japanese researchers has just unveiled a robot hand that cannot be beaten at ...

Rock-paper-scissors is a culture-transcending game that doubles as life’s default arbiter, settling disputes amongst friends, colleagues, and spouses for decades on end. But don’t ever attempt to play ...

The beauty of rock-paper-scissors is that it equalizes the odds of success among the players, like a coin toss, but still provides the illusion that there’s some agency involved. (Your ...

A man, traveling between cities in Japan started playing what might be the cutest game of rock, paper, scissors with a little Japanese girl on board a plane.